(1) An administrator appointed by a court shall prepare an inventory of the property which he is to manage.
(2) The court may order the administrator appointed by the court to take such steps necessary for preservation of an absentee's property.
(3) If it is not known whether an absentee is alive or dead, and an application has been made by a person interested or by a public prosecutor, the court may order the administrator appointed by the absentee to take the steps under the preceding two paragraphs.
(4) In case of the preceding three paragraphs, expenses thereof shall be defrayed out of the property of the absentee.